Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Minister of National Education Kemal Dürüst have signed a supplementary protocol as a part of the International Treaty on the Mutual Recognition of Universities that are Founded Pursuant to the laws of the Republic of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. According to the protocol, Turkish students studying in Cyprus will have the same rights with the students who are Turkish Cypriot.

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı stated that Turkey has been going through a gradual silent revolution in the current decade during his speech at the opening of 32 classroom Akmercan İmam Hatip School. Minister Avcı was accompanied by Minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu and Minister of Customs and Trade Cenap Aşçı.

“School-Industry Cooperation İstanbul Model” project developed by Vocational Education Department affiliated to the Provincial National Education Directorate of Istanbul has been inaugurated by Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı, Minister of Labor and Social Security Ahmet Erdem and Chairman of İstanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) Erdal Bahçıvan

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı accompanied by Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Fikri Işık attended the ceremony held on the occasion of promoting “E1000 Locally Produced Electric Locomotive” which was developed with local technology as a result of a partnership between the TUBİTAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) and Engine Industry Inc. (TÜLOMSAŞ).

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı noted that the FATİH project has put an end of piracy adding that, “Thanks to EIN, there is no need for teachers and students to ask parents to purchase supplementary textbooks, supplementary educational material.”

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı stated the number of vocational and technical training schools which was around a thousand and 900 in 2002 currently exceeded 4 thousand and the number of teachers employed in these schools which was 15 thousand rose to 62 thousand.

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı stated that vocational and technical education has the largest share in his Ministry adding that, “We all know that intermediate personnel in all sectors are actually the key staff. Due to this reason, we prefer to use “key staff” rather than “intermediate personnel.”

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı noted that the Anatolian News Agency (AA) has made important strides recently and has become a global agency that echoes the voice of Turkey not only in Eskişehir or Turkey but in the whole World.